Important changes have been made in the rules regarding traffic challan in Delhi. Under the new provision, if a driver wants to challenge the challan in the court, he will have to deposit 50 percent of the total amount of the challan before the hearing. If a driver feels that his challan has been issued wrongly and wants to challenge it in court, he will first have to complete the process of depositing the prescribed amount. Only after this will he be able to become a part of the judicial process against the challan.
Under the new system, if a driver feels that his e-challan has been issued wrongly, he will first have to contact the concerned authority and challenge the challan. After this, the authority officials will investigate the facts and available records related to the case. Camera footage as well as other digitally recorded relevant information will also be reviewed during the investigation. On the basis of records and facts, an attempt will be made to find out whether the challan has been issued correctly or not.
If the challan is found wrong, the authority will cancel it.
During investigation, if the concerned authority finds that the challan has been wrongly issued, it will be canceled at that stage. This information will be given to the driver through the relevant portal. At the same time, if the authority does not cancel the challan and the driver is not satisfied with its decision, then he can challenge the challan in the court. However, before the hearing in the court, he will have to pay 50 percent of the total amount of the challan. Only after this the hearing of the case will proceed in the court.
On a challan of Rs 2 thousand, you will have to pay Rs 1 thousand first.
For example, if a driver has been issued a challan of Rs 2,000 and he wants to challenge it in court, he will have to deposit Rs 1,000 first. Similarly, in case of a challan of Rs 5,000, Rs 2,500 will have to be paid before going to court. The process of challenging the challan in the court will be able to proceed only after depositing 50 percent of the amount.
Depositing 50 percent amount is not accepting guilt
Paying 50 percent of the challan amount does not mean that the driver has accepted the challan as correct. This is only a condition for the case to start hearing in the court. If the challan is found to be incorrect during the court hearing, 50 per cent of the amount deposited by the driver will be returned to him. At the same time, if the court believes that the challan was issued correctly, then the driver will also have to pay the remaining 50 percent amount. In this way, the final decision will be taken only after the court hearing.
The challan will be reviewed first at the authority level.
In fact, now traffic challans are issued not only by policemen, but also through cameras and other automated technical devices installed on the roads. In such a situation, if a driver feels that a wrong challan has been issued against him or he has not violated any traffic rule, then he can challenge it. In the new system, there will be no need to go directly to court for every challan. The driver will first have to challenge the challan for review at the level of the concerned authority. Even after investigation by the authority, if the driver is not satisfied with the decision, then only he will be able to challenge the case in the court.
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